> On Iau, 2004-10-07 at 20:05, Stephen Hemminger wrote:>> -------------->> /*>> * Since some in the Linux-kernel development group want to play>> * lawyer, and require that a GPL License exist for every kernel>> * module, I provide the following:>> *>> * Everything in this file (only) is released under the so-called>> * GNU Public License, incorporated herein by reference.>> *>> * Now, we just link this with any proprietary code and everybody>> * but the lawyers are happy.>> */>> What a fascinating object. I hope thats not reflective of OSDL policy 8)>> Is fascinating because my first thought was that if they sign the Induce> act it would be a criminal offence to have it in the USA since its> clearly an incitement and my second thought was that the Bernstein case> appears to argue its protected speech. Interesting times 8)>> More seriously the goal of MODULE_LICENSE has never been to -enforce-> GPL licensing. It provides help in understanding what symbols are> definitely off limits and it allows people to identify proprietary stuff> loaded into a system to filter bug reports.>> The law on derivative works and copyright in general, murkly alas as it> is, does the enforcing, and unfortunately it is becoming apparent that> the free software world is going to have to go out soon and crack down> hard on abusers, especially those simply shipping Linux binaries with no> source or GPL information.>> Alan>

Naaah. I included it in my module as a joke. Steve didn't takeit as a joke and forwarded it to you. It shows that the wholeMODULE_LICENSE("Whatever") is a joke. Not only that, I cansimply change /proc/sys/kernel/tainted to 0 before submittinga bug report. This whole GPL thing has taken a real stupidturn. I guess GNU has really taken over Linux. Stallman willbe real proud of all the work you guys did for him onGNU/Linux .........And, yes, we still have free speech in the US, even thoughthe current administration won't allow us to say anythingbad about it (treason, you know)!

Cheers,Dick JohnsonPenguin : Linux version 2.6.5-1.358-noreg on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.